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Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)

Arañas de mandíbulas largas, Long-jawed spiders

Littoral zone (Isabela (Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo)), low Arid zone (Fernandina), Fern-sedge zone (Santiago), summit Arid zone (Isabela (Volcán Cerro Azul)).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Araneoidea

Family
Tetragnathidae

Genus
Tetragnatha

Species
nitens

Taxon category: Accepted

Syntype of Tetragnatha galapagoensis: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MZC).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Cosmotropical. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Isabela (Cerro Azul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo), Santiago. (Baert et al., 2023).

References

  • Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1988-expedition to the Galápagos Islands: Araneae. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 59: 5-22.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1986-expedition: Araneae, and Provisional Checklist of the Spiders of the Galápagos Archipelago. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 58: 29-54.
  • Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
  • Buchholz, S. Baert, L., Rodríguez, J., E Causton, C., & Jäger, H. (2020) Spiders in Galapagos–diversity, biogeography and origin. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 41-48.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Tetragnatha nitens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6989. Accessed 8 June 2026.